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Vintage

Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2025-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-08

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Aug 8

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924

← Jun 13Aug 8Sep 12 →

Receipts

523 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 470▲ 523 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held on September 12th @6PM

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.37/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$365.37

36 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$42.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−24.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	381.82	2,098	22
Medium and Large 2	563	339.51	1,911	14thin

One grade step is worth $42.31/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale36 hd

365.37

—

PA average1 barns · 36 hd

365.37

+0.00

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−24.65

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · Vintage Feeder Cattle Sale - Paradise, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	386.57/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,643	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	411.20/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,760	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	332.46/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,556	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	307.54/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,593	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	383.26/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,008	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	380.83/cwt	377.00–390.00	2,159	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	352.30/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,047	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	626	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,391	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	350.86/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,231	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	371.27/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,491	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	298.80/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,026	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	379.10/cwt	372.00–390.00	2,726	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	366.07/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,683	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	295.02/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,564	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,658	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	277.66/cwt	277.00–280.00	2,679	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	357.96/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,389	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,692	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	509	313.71/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,597	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,838	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	343.72/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,945	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	308.77/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,917	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	332.46/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,085	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	281.63/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,867	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	313.31/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,093	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	302.42/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,168	20
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,593	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,927	7
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	419	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,131	4
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	506	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,214	4
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,386	10

This sale against other markets

Pennsylvania weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Vintage Feeder Cattle Sale - Paradise, PA

Fri Aug 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Receipts 523Last week 470Year ago 0

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held on September 12th @6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	270.00	270.00
4	500–550	506	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	339	470.00	470.00
7	400–450	410	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	350.00–360.00	357.96
6	450–500	470	360.00	360.00
6	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
8	550–600	566	340.00–350.00	343.72
8	600–650	627	325.00–335.00	332.46
9	650–700	668	300.00–320.00	313.31
20	700–750	717	295.00–310.00	302.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	509	310.00–315.00	313.71
6	550–600	557	330.00	330.00
8	600–650	621	300.00–310.00	308.77
3	650–700	663	275.00–285.00	281.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	415.00	415.00
5	400–450	428	405.00–420.00	411.20
9	500–550	524	380.00–395.00	383.26
13	550–600	567	377.00–390.00	380.83
14	600–650	636	340.00–357.00	350.86
8	650–700	671	365.00–375.00	371.27
15	700–750	719	372.00–390.00	379.10
4	850–900	869	290.00–300.00	295.02
7	900–950	901	295.00	295.00
9	950–1000	965	277.00–280.00	277.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	385.00–390.00	386.57
4	450–500	468	330.00–340.00	332.46
4	500–550	518	300.00–310.00	307.54
10	550–600	581	345.00–360.00	352.30
4	650–700	678	295.00–300.00	298.80
22	700–750	733	355.00–370.00	366.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	626	382.00	382.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	478	290.00	290.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.